Flume-gate.



'H. H- HOGSETT.

PLUMB GATE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1911.

' x ommim et 1,049,091. Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

I UNITED sfThr s PATENT OFFICE,

' nom'En H. no'qsnr'r, or sou'rn Barents, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLUKE-GATE.

I Application filed September To' all whom it may concern Be itknownthat- I, HOMER H. Hoosnrr, a citizen of the United States, residingat South Heights, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Flume- Gates, of which thefollowing is a specifica tion.

The general object of the invention is the provision of a means forcontrolling the flow of water through the supply or main, or lateralsand sub-laterals of .an irrigation system, and to this end the inventionconsists in a gate comprising a body portion adapted to be forced intothe side walls' and bottom of a ditch, and further adapted to beconnected to aflume and having an angularly adjustable gate arranged soas to be adjusted to control the passage through the flume, and furtheradapted to be held in any of its adjusted positions.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich, I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate attached to an irrigationflume. a detail cross section of the device. Fig. 3 is a detail frontelevation of the gate in closed position.

5 indicates the body which may be ofany desired material such asgalvanized sheet iron or steel. This body is by preference driventhrough the side walls of the irrigation ditch until its lower edgepene-' trates the bottom of the ditch for any desired distance.

In order to facilitate the operation of arranging the body in the ditchas just described, the upper marginal portion of the body may beprovided with a relatively wide bearing surface preferably formed bybending the said marginal 'portions at right angles as indicated at 6.With the body arranged in the ditch as just described and if necessaryadditionally retained by bankingeartharound a portion of one of itsfaces, it will be seen that the body will effectively obstruct the freeflow of water through the ditch extending beyond one face thereof. Bypreference the device is erals and sub-laterals, the former beingsupplied from themain, and the latter from the laterals.

The sleeve 7 which extends through the Fig. 2 is arranged at the head orinlet ends of lat- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 31,1912,

20, 1911. Serial No. 650,335.

body 5 is adapted to connect with the flumes in the main or laterals asthe case may be. Referring now to the drawings-and especially to Fig. 2,it will be seen that the able distance beyond one face of the'body so asto provide a relatively large bearing surface for the fiume 8'shown inFig. 1, while the opposite end portion of the sleeve is rolled and bearson the adjacent face of the body.

,ranged so as to be moved over the rolled end of the sleeve and tocontact therewith, a projection 10 on the gate being frictionally heldbetween a guide strip 11 and one face of thebody, whereby, to slightlywarp orstrain the gate so as to cause it to tightly bind on the rolledend of the sleeve 7, but not sufliciently tight to prevent movement ofthe gate under an ordinary hand pull.

The gate 9 may be formed of the same (material as the body 5 or ofdifferent material if desired, and by preferenceit is fiarrowed at oneend, as indicated at 12 so as to be conveniently grasped and operated byhand. It is, additionally provided with means to prevent its sharp edgesfrom cut.- ting the hand of the operator, such means constitutingflanges preferably formed by bending the sides of the gate as indicatedby the left in Fig. 1, in addition to performing .the above statedfunction also cooperates with a flange or abutment 14 on the guide 11 toform a stop, whereby, to limit the swinging movement of the gate in onedirection. The projection 10 also serving to limit swinging movement ofthe. gate in the opposite direction by abutting the connected upper endportion of the guide strip- 11. The guide strip 11 may be connected inany preferred manner to, the body 5 such as by vtacks or rivets 15, andthe gate 9 is by pref-' erence connected to the body by means of thepivot 16.

From the foregoing it will have been observed that the device isexceedingly simple in construction and the gate adapted for easyadjustment and arranged so as to whereby, to vary the amount ofwaterpass 'ing through the sleeve.

Although I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention it isto be understood that I am not to be limited to the 13. One of theseflanges, 'hamely that oncontrol the passage through the sleeve,

sleeve 7 has one end extending for a suit- The gate per se is designatedby 9 and ar- I specific arrangement and construction of a parts sincevarious changes will be made,

within the sec 6 of the appended claims without departlng from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What I claim as new is:

1.. A flume gate comprising a body portion havin a passage adapted forconnectionto a ume,and an angularly movable gate connected tothebodyportion and arranged to control the passage thereof.

2. A time gate comprising abody portion having a passage adapted forconnection to a fiulne, and an angularly adjustable gate connected tothe body portion and arranged to control the passage thereof.

3. A Home gate comprising a body portion, a sleeve adapted forconnection to a. flume and extending through the body portion andprovided with a rolled ed e, a gate controlling the passage through t esleeve oeaoor and means for warping the gate so as to bind on the rollededge of the sleeve, for the purpose described.

4. A device of the class described comprising a body portion providedWith a sleeve, a gate pivoted to the body portion and adapted to controlthe passage through the sleeve, and a guide for the gate.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a bodyportion provided with a passage; of a gate pivoted to the body portionand adapted Ior controlling said passage, a guide for the gate and 00'-operating structures associated with the guide and gate for limiting themovement of the same in either direction. In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

HOMER H. HOGSETT. Witnesses:

H. I. Sam, B. F. HOGBETT.

